Am I the old man who's always by my apprentices' side?

Chapter 370 "Sea King" Zhang Chengdao
When rumors were flying everywhere, Zhang Chengdao had no idea that he had been portrayed as a "playboy".

At that moment, he was staring at the newly appeared temporary character card in the character panel, lost in thought.

A green card that appeared out of nowhere stands out among the blue, purple, gold, and red flashy character cards.

What bothered him even more was that this green card was followed by an unfamiliar purple card, which he was certain was not from the White Stone Immortal Sect disciple recruited by the Immortal Fate Conference.

Although purple cards can't compare to gold cards, and certainly not to my only red flash card, they are still quite rare and offer great value for money.

For example, Heshilie Tudi, which is also a purple card, is so useful that it's practically a gold card.

Don't misunderstand, Zhang Chengdao had no intention of recruiting this purple card into the sect. Even if he was a power-hungry player, he wouldn't bother recruiting an enemy, especially since purple cards and power-hungry players don't actually have much in common.

He just hadn't expected that the character function in the cheat system would have such a wonderful use, automatically generating temporary cards for even the people who had infiltrated, and being able to tell at a glance that they were two people with ill intentions.

The reason...

The huge word "hostile" next to the relationship section on the card was so red it was almost black. He's not blind, how could he not see it!
Because the cards were automatically generated, Zhang Chengdao could even know their names—

The green character card is called "Lin Fengxian," who is the "cousin" who came to seek refuge with Ye Shuyun a few days ago and caused a lot of gossip throughout the sect. He had already heard more than ten versions of the gossip.

From the conventional version where Ye Shuyun abandons his wife and children after seducing them, to the taboo version where Ye Shuyun has an affair with his cousin's wife and has a child, after which his cousin's wife is kicked out and forced to come to him for help, there are even absurd versions like a demonic cult member who is attracted to Ye Shuyun, so she rapes him, has a child, and then comes to him for help. All of these versions completely ignore the fact that there is no such thing as a "demonic cult" in this martial arts and cultivation world...

However, no matter what, Lin Fengxian is just a green card, not worth Zhang Chengdao's attention. What really gives him a headache is that purple card.

The newly appeared purple character card is quite complicated. In the name column, there are four names listed side by side: "Tang Mingming/Wang Lin/Mingjing/Wu Ensi".

Seeing these four names side by side, though it was unclear whether they were in any particular order, Zhang Chengdao's lips twitched involuntarily.

Because he had actually heard of three of these four names, and even had a deep impression of two of them.

The first to be affected was "Wang Lin".

Although his name isn't widely known in the martial arts world, his nickname is quite something...

That is, one of the murderers of his own disciple's father, the "Smiling Maitreya" whose whereabouts are still unknown!
Unexpectedly, his soul would exist inside this tiny baby.

As for the name "Mingjing," it is also familiar. It refers to the Grand Preceptor Mingjing, who almost wiped out the entire upper-level officials of the Zhou court last year, even though the fire had already been extinguished.

When Zhang Chengdao killed the Mingjing National Preceptor, he felt something was amiss, but he never expected that the man would dare to come to him and approach him. It seems that he is not only unafraid of death, but also extremely confident in his ability to save his life and escape.

As for "Wu Ensi"...

The name itself is nothing special; it's just the name of Lin Fengxian's son. In other words, these four people, or perhaps their spirits, or some other being, are likely "living" simultaneously within the body of Lin Fengxian's infant child.

If it weren't for Zhang Chengdao's incredible cheat ability, which allowed him to automatically generate a character card that even showed this, Zhang Chengdao probably would never have guessed that the baby in Lin Fengxian's arms wasn't a real baby!
These two cards actually appeared a long time ago, but Zhang Chengdao had never noticed them.

After all, there are too many people in the sect now, and the number of character cards has also increased to hundreds. He couldn't possibly check them every day, so he only discovered this after Chang Ping'an broke through and when he was checking the status of Chang Ping'an and Murong Ruyan.

The reason he didn't take immediate action was because he hadn't figured out what to do.

Killing them directly would be easier, but logically speaking, how can someone who is a thief for a thousand days be on guard against thieves for a thousand days?

Wasn't you decisive enough in killing the Mirror-like National Preceptor last time? Yet here I am again, seeing "him" again.
Clearly, this person must have some ulterior motive for going against me. If I can uncover that motive and resolve the issue at its root, that would be the only way to solve it once and for all.

As for this matter...

"Master, do you mean that Miss Lin's child was possessed?"

Ye Shuyun was shocked when she heard the news.

To be honest, Lin Fengxian and Ye Shuyun met a few times when they were young. The two even played with a group of children from the Lin and Ye families for a few days. However, as the Lin family declined, Lin Fengxian's birth mother passed away, and her father remarried, the two lost contact with each other.

The emotions of childhood are often the most precious. Ye Shuyun still remembers how little Lin Fengxian softly called him "Seventh Brother".

"This Miss Lin herself is quite eccentric,"

After much deliberation, Zhang Chengdao felt that Ye Shuyun was the most suitable person to handle the matter, and since Lin Fengxian was his cousin after all, he chose to ask Ye Shuyun to deal with it.

He stared at Lin Fengxian's card, where the words "Qi Refining Stage (Sealed)" appeared after the realm column.

Rather than believing in the misjudgment of the "golden finger," Zhang Chengdao was more inclined to believe that Lin Fengxian truly had a problem.

So he continued, "This Miss Lin is no ordinary person either. If I'm not mistaken, she should also be a cultivator. It's just that she used some means to seal her cultivation, which is why she looks like an ordinary person. You should keep this in mind."

Ye Shuyun lowered his eyes, cupped his hands, and replied, "Yes, disciple understands."

Looking at Ye Shuyun, who could be described as "full of brokenness" in the terms of female-oriented novels, Zhang Chengdao tried hard to recall the plot of this character in the original novel. It seemed that she had indeed suffered because of a woman, something like the plot of the Golden Roc Dynasty. Unfortunately, he had read Jin Yong and Gu Long novels in middle school, which was too far in the past, and he had long forgotten the specific plot. Even if he wanted to help this third disciple, he would not know how. He could only cough lightly and offer dry comfort: "Cough, don't be too sad. Perhaps there are other hidden reasons. That's why I'm telling you this in private."

At this point, he couldn't help but imagine the consequences if Murong Ruyan found out about this matter, and he couldn't help but shudder inwardly. He specifically instructed her, "This matter is top secret. If your second senior sister finds out, she will definitely cause a scene. Therefore, you should handle this matter as you see fit. You need to proceed slowly and find out her purpose."

Ye Shuyun quickly replied, "This disciple understands."

(End of this chapter)